Weekly notes 3

It has been rainy week here in Finland with pre-christmas parties (again) and also our 98th independence day. Yay! This weeks articles are about JavaScript, Microservices, User experience and tutorial for ToDo app with React.js.

Issue #3, 2015-12-09

Technical

Advancing JavaScript without breaking the Web
Christian Heilmann presented earlier this year at the MunichJS meetup how the advancements in ECMAScript (aka JavaScript) are a great opportunity, but also a challenge for the web. His article with slides and video takes a look at how whilst adding new, important features we’re also running the danger of breaking backwards compatibility.

Spring Boot Microservices, Containers, and Kubernetes – How-to
Ray Tsang discusses how to create a Java-based microservice using Spring Boot, containerize it using Maven plugins, and subsequently deploy a fleet of microservices and dependent components such as Redis using Kubernetes.

Building for HTTP/2
Rebecca Murphey shares the fresh concepts of HTTP/2 and how it will affect our tool and build-chain for JavaScript applications. A few good thoughts in there that we can keep in mind to optimize the delivery of large-scale front-end applications. (from WDRL 115)

User experience

How to fix a bad user interface
Some good advice how to fix a bad user interface. tl;dr; Handle your app User Interface states. (from Hacker News)

How Apple Is Giving Design A Bad Name
“Apple is destroying design… revitalizing the old belief that design is only about making things look pretty.” And with recent iPhone Battery case Apple looks to have lost the spark. (from Userfocus Dec 2015)

Good to know

Using the HTML5 Fullscreen API for Phishing Attacks
I was wondering why browsers show the “annoying” message when you go into fullscreen mode but it’s there for a reason, to let people detect phishing attacks. (from WDRL 115)

Tools of the trade

Let’s Encrypt now in public Beta
Let’s Encrypt is a new Certificate Authority with the goal of helping everyone encrypt. It’s free, automated, and open. Now in Public Beta so you can give it a try by following this guide. (from Hacker News)

Must see JavaScript dev tools
A great walk through some of the greatest JavaScript developer tools that currently exist and why Eric uses them. (from JavaScript Weekly 261)

Linux Performance analysis in 60s
Netflix blog presents tools for doing Linux Performance Analysis in 60,000 Milliseconds. (from Hacker News)

Gadgets

Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer
Raspberry Pi gets even smaller and cheaper with the Zero and provides almost the same processing power as the original. Unfortunately they sold out quickly and didn’t get one yet. (from Hacker News)

Getting started

How to Build a Todo App Using React, Redux, and Immutable.js.
Build a test-driven example “Todo Application” using React. So many new tools to go through. (from JavaScript Weekly 261)

An Introduction to ClojureScript tutorial
ClojureScript is a popular Clojure to JavaScript compiler. (from JavaScript Weekly 261)

Something different

Brikbook
MacBook case you can decorate with Lego bricks.


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